banshee rebuild

[bansheecowboy]

i want to paint my banshee plastics but dont want to use to paint them with. my brother went to wyo teck and he told me that auto paint will just pop off if it gets streesed and i have been know to roll and tip the shee :: also how hard is it to pull the motor all the way out and unbolt a vortex swing arm so i can do the frame? i would like so ideas for a colors i have all white stock plastics but have cut the front fenders, and all thor static grear and kcb white zombe helmet. so i am think black with red grafix and a red rame what do you guys think of that.

[theshee]

The key to painting them is the primer... you need to prime, wet sand, prime wet sand and then paint with krylon fusion. The bike in my sig pic is fusion. Looks way better in person then the pic.

[bansheecowboy]

what kind of primer did you use, is there a fusion primer. any thing you could tell me would help i plan on starting tomorrow.

[theshee]

what kind of primer did you use, is there a fusion primer. any thing you could tell me would help i plan on starting tomorrow.

 

 

Just any kind of rattle can primer that can be wet sanded will work fine. Honestly, the priming is the most important step in the whole deal, the paint will only turn out as good as your primer. I will list my steps for you...

 

1) Sand the fenders with 150 till they are kinda harryish

2) Fix any cracks and stuff you have (plastic epoxy is great for that)

3) Prime then wet sand with 600

4) Prime again and wet sand with 800

5) I primed again and sanded with 1000-and again with 1200 but you dont have to, I just wanted a glass like finish on my paint

6) Paint thin even coats of Fusion

 

Here they are sanded down to 150

Here they are after all the wet sanding stages

Here is the front end done in Krylon Fusion, waiting for clear

 

Hope this helps you out! Let me know how it all turns out, good luck :thumbsup:

[sheefreak]

No matter what you use for paint it is not going to survive rollovers and tight trail riding. I used Dupont automotive paint w/an adhesive promoter and flex primer. But mine is a duner and I am not known to roll it over often LOL! If I were you I would go cheap. The Krylon fusion mentioned above will work fine.

[theshee]

I tested a piece of plastic with fusion, bent it pretty hard and it didnt break or chip the paint so its good stuff. Like sheefreak said though, if you roll it or bash a tree in trails, you are gonna be painting again... but its fun so no biggie!.. :thumbsup:

[Canadarider]

Just any kind of rattle can primer that can be wet sanded will work fine. Honestly, the priming is the most important step in the whole deal, the paint will only turn out as good as your primer. I will list my steps for you...

 

1) Sand the fenders with 150 till they are kinda harryish

2) Fix any cracks and stuff you have (plastic epoxy is great for that)

3) Prime then wet sand with 600

4) Prime again and wet sand with 800

5) I primed again and sanded with 1000-and again with 1200 but you dont have to, I just wanted a glass like finish on my paint

6) Paint thin even coats of Fusion

 

Here they are sanded down to 150

Here they are after all the wet sanding stages

Here is the front end done in Krylon Fusion, waiting for clear

 

Hope this helps you out! Let me know how it all turns out, good luck :thumbsup:

 

 

theshee that paint job looks really good

[jmkapala]

Just any kind of rattle can primer that can be wet sanded will work fine. Honestly, the priming is the most important step in the whole deal, the paint will only turn out as good as your primer. I will list my steps for you...

 

1) Sand the fenders with 150 till they are kinda harryish

2) Fix any cracks and stuff you have (plastic epoxy is great for that)

3) Prime then wet sand with 600

4) Prime again and wet sand with 800

5) I primed again and sanded with 1000-and again with 1200 but you dont have to, I just wanted a glass like finish on my paint

6) Paint thin even coats of Fusion

 

Here they are sanded down to 150

Here they are after all the wet sanding stages

Here is the front end done in Krylon Fusion, waiting for clear

 

Hope this helps you out! Let me know how it all turns out, good luck :thumbsup:

 

What kind of clear did you use?? is there a Krylon Fusion clear?

[theshee]

Those actually are not clear coated yet... Its been too cold to do it so they are still waiting for clear. Im just going to use krylon brand clear. It has worked well on other things ive seen. Thanks for the props on the paint job! :thumbsup:

[Canadarider]

Those actually are not clear coated yet... Its been too cold to do it so they are still waiting for clear. Im just going to use krylon brand clear. It has worked well on other things ive seen. Thanks for the props on the paint job! :thumbsup:

 

 

theshee how long did it take you to sand all the plastics ? and do u do the under side of all the plastics? and how it that holding up to the drit and sand off of the fenders ..opps i for got u got race cut rears too lol

[theshee]

We just sanded my brothers down the other day in like 2 hours. I didnt do the undersides as good as the tops but there wasnt much to do. We did my brothers undersides and they look dang good. You can sand them down by hand pretty quick. :thumbsup: I havent riden it yet so I dont know how it will hold up.. i would imagine if you keep it rubber side down it will work fine.

[Canadarider]

We just sanded my brothers down the other day in like 2 hours. I didnt do the undersides as good as the tops but there wasnt much to do. We did my brothers undersides and they look dang good. You can sand them down by hand pretty quick. :thumbsup: I havent riden it yet so I dont know how it will hold up.. i would imagine if you keep it rubber side down it will work fine.

 

 

theshee can u post som pic of you brothers up i would like to see more before i go and fuck up my mine lol thanks man

[theshee]

Yeah, I will go take some pics of them. They are sanded and not primed or anything. Give me a bit and I will get them on here... :thumbsup:

[theshee]

Here are the ones my bro is doing right now... They are sanded, have the bad spots filled in, and are ready for primer...

 

Here is the front ones/ with the rad and tank cover...

Here is the rear....

 

They are just waiting for primer, then paint. Cant say what color yet since it isnt my project

I think they are going to turn out better then mine did, they are in better shape to begin with, and they are just sanding up nicer. Should be cool when its all done.

[Canadarider]

theshee your work looks great keep use posted on the paint .